The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
In response to short DNA fragments, lymphocytes release mitochondrial DNA that helps trigger an immune response.
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New details of the molecular process by which our cells consume themselves point to therapeutic potential.
Stem cells and cancer cells have enough molecular similarities that the former can be used to trigger immunity against the latter.
The test uses levels of plasma amyloid-β to estimate the buildup of protein plaques in the brain.
Viruses are incapable of reproducing without the help of a host, whose cells copy their genetic material and fabricate the building blocks of new virus particles.
Plants are locked in an ancient arms race with hostile viruses, but genome editing is giving crops the upper hand.
The findings more than double the number of known defense mechanisms, piquing the interests of molecular biology tool developers.
US researchers could become the first outside China to use the gene-editing technique in the clinic.
The discovery reveals the role of a growth factor and endothelial cells in thymus repair, and could have implications for chemotherapy and radiation patients’ recovery following treatment.
Signaling pathways triggered by the mother’s immune system may cause complications during fetal development.
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